Cairo books in order
Cairo is a series of 3 books by Naguib Mahfouz: 1,252 pages, about 23 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 3
- books
- 1,252
- pages
- 23 hours
- to read them all
- 46 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
Palace Walk 1956 9.2 h
Palace Walk (Arabic: بين القصرين, romanized: Bayn al-Quṣrayn, lit.
- 3
Sugar Street 1957 5.9 h
-
Palace of Desire 1957 7.9 h
Continuing the story of al-Sayyid Ahmad and his family, this is a fascinating look at Egypt in the 1920s.
How much is left
| After book 1, Palace Walk | about 14 hours left |
| After book 3, Sugar Street | about 8 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 22 hours 57 minutes
All 3 books, 1,252 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
46 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.